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The smiley face :) in that comment was meant to indicate I was joking. That was never meant to indicate GEP ever used any casting from any place other than navistar. :rolleyes5: There were comments repeated, supposedly from insiders, real or not, that at some point GEP considered other...

Good observation. That would stand to reason considering the heads and blocks are highly likely to be poured from the same pot feeding tandem casting lines. And "according to rumors one might find on the internet" :) the metallurgy was improved with more nickle and such. I wonder how much it...

Political motivation is a good point. Maybe sell the offshore blocks to GM and the Navastar ones to Uncle Sam :) I do recall Missy saying she had seen one of the chinese blocks and as far as finish and appearance was it looked nice. For as much as an eyeballing means. I would like to put the...

They were/are. In one of the long posts here about the Optimiser and P400 one of the inside GEP sources said they tried to source Chinese castings but while they could made nice castings they had QA issues so they didn't go with them. And no I am not going to hunt down the posting. Bet ya...

The castings prob came from the same ching-a-ling-ying-yang-a-ding-dong factory GEP tried to get optimiser castings from. Reportely spotty QA. :)

Not like GM or Navastar ever :rolleyes5: had a porous casting. :hihi: 'but your point is well seen'

Me want :hihi: Those auto starters that will work on a diesel are few and usually cost more. Lucky you....

One fine point I don't think I have seen anyone make is. Before you fire up the engine with a new or R&R turbo you need to (while the GP's or injectors are out is best) turn over the engine till the air is purged out of the turbos oil feed line and you have flow out of the drain. Spinning a...

You got bump gates on your ranch? :hihi: The height challenged wife would like those steps. She wanted me to put something like that on the 4x4, I had to explain it would make the truck being tall a bit pointless :rolleyes5:

Yea I should have qualified that remark. If the pump was working fine, the OP is now suspect, and is sill mechanically timed as in not moved.... odds are better bla bla

Probably starting a <Projects/TrustySubs new Engine> (for ex) thread on it would be great. That way we all wont get confused about which project is what.

Maybe, if you are up to changing it Heath can send you just the OP. Sure would be a lot less hassle. :thumbsup:

Yep. I would pull the injectors and test them. And while you have the lines off you might as well pull the valve covers and inspect the valve train. Look for the usual, high wear, cracked rockers, broken springs, spin the push rods in place and look for bent ones. Do a compression test as much...

The ECU reads the resistor value (once every few starts) and makes a small adjustment in the base fuel delivery depending on which resistor it is. Its a common method of making adjustments in embedded (this is a computer that runs some piece of hardware) systems since they have no user interface...

Figure out what the commonality between the two trucks is, and you might be a long way to solving your problem.:cool: You might agree the ECU is not it. Since you have swapped it with another that has different SW that gives essentially the same symptoms :thumbsup:

Speaking of that. Has the OS been ruled out? BTW that filter was put in there cause the ECU's software filter didn't work so hot or not at all. But I think they killed that bug in later code.

Is the stepper motor chasing these changes trying to set the timing to normal?

Indeed. Your local sign shop may be able / willing to order the stuff for you. Maybe the local RV shop if they are DIY friendly. A friend of mine had the local sign shop order ocuumae and saplelie (sp?) boat building plywood for him, they put it in with their regular shipping so the cost was...

Someone had asked in a post about where to get skin for RV's. Well it turns out the manufactured for what looks to be dang near all of the composite fiberglass poly panels the RV mfg's use is here near Lynchburg VA. :thumbsup: Its made by Azdel, distributed by Robert Weed Plywood Corp. of...

Not surprised the dealer was the source, its common for the dealers to BS clueless customers as a matter of keeping them off their back. This is going to get worse IMNSHO These days so many kids don't have a clue about anything practical. Cars, carpentry, any hands on skill. They have no...